This section outlines general featirwes of city councils and looks specifically at the city councils in principle area cities.
Goals: After reading through the material above, you should be able to address the following questions:
- What range of powers do city councils have?
- How are city councils similar to and different from state legislatures and the US Congress?
- What different types of city counciles exist? What types are common in the area governments?
- What types of powers do city councils have? How do these vary depending on the type of city government?
- Which area cities have strong and weak city councils?
- What relationships do city councils have with mayors? City managers?
- What is the Open Meetings Act and what impact does it have on city councils?
- Be able to answer questions about the nature of city council elections.
- What is the purpose of single members districts?
- What are the pros and cons of term limits? How many area city concil are term limited?
- Be able to answer factual questions about area city councils.
Description:
This section outlines general featirwes of city councils and looks specifically at the city councils in principle area cities.
Goals: After reading through the material above, you should be able to address the following questions:
- What range of powers do city councils have?
- How are city councils similar to and different from state legislatures and the US Congress?
- What different types of city counciles exist? What types are common in the area governments?
- What types of powers do city councils have? How do these vary depending on the type of city government?
- Which area cities have strong and weak city councils?
- What relationships do city councils have with mayors? City managers?
- What is the Open Meetings Act and what impact does it have on city councils?
- Be able to answer questions about the nature of city council elections.
- What is the purpose of single members districts?
- What are the pros and cons of term limits? How many area city concil are term limited?
- Be able to answer factual questions about area city councils.